Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-05-26
UBRlEN MOBBED.
Pelted With Bricks and Stones In the
Streets Of Toronto.
J. Nj. Wall, Correspondents OF the New
York Tribune, Seriously Injured.

TORONTO, May 1s,-At half past
o'clock President Milligan, of the local
branch of the National League, called at
the hotel and asked Brien to go out
and have walk ID. p. Gahill, Dennis
kilbride, an eyicted tenant, and j. N.
Wall, special correspondent Of the New
York Tribune, were present, and sug-
gested that Ii would not be prudent to
venture out, as darkness had fallen, and
crowd of about two hundred rowdies
had gathered around the hotel, hooting,
Kissing and grooming. O'Brien, how.
ever, persisted in going The crowd
grew in numbers and turbulence and
surged up to the very spot where MIR.
o Brien and others were standing. They
groaned and Kissed into O'Brien's face.
Such cries as away with the traitor"
with the dynamitei Riot seemed i'm,
minent rs the Orangemen were armed
with stout sticks Just as they were at the
meeting in the Queens Park. They came
up TO o. Brien as he strobe along York
street and jostled against him, making
several attempts to strike him on the head
with their stick. He lodged the blows,
however, and his fricndsrallied around
policemen stood near, but made no ef- ;,
fort to disperse the mob. As the party ,
turned into Bay street Cahill had his hat
knocked off by stone. Now the
Orangemen began their real attack. for ,
Bay street furnished good opportunity, ,
being covered almost with broken brick
and cobblestones. O'Brien had on tall
hat, which furnished good target. Wall
was on his right and Kilbride and Milli-l
gan were on his left. Look out" shout
ed Wall, "stones are coming; it's Belfast
oyer again" oh, tits all right" re-
piled o Brien, ut would be better for
Lansdowne If they let us alone"
As he spoke volley of bricks and /
cobblestones came flying from tho,
Orangemen. missing their heads, but,
knocking the plastering off the adjacent,
wall. Shouts of ITO h with the Pope"
and Kill the traitor, soon rose high above
the din. The o Brien party were still
ON the sidewalk and the Orangemen
thronging the street. ID. 7. Kellogg a.
reporter of the New York Sun, now rush. I
ed behind o Bren and was about TO warn
him when stone struck OBrien's hat
and knocked 1t of. o. Brien stopped and
man who was standing by his side lifted
his head TO look in the direction whence
the missiles came, and huge stone struck
him on the side Of the head and tumbled
him heels over head. He was carried
into drug store near by where his
wounds were dressed O'Brien attempt
ed to take refuge in Sharp's laundry, and
failing in that rushed into a bicycle store
adjoining. Volleys Of stones shattered
the windows and the mob burst into the
store yelling like demons. showered mis-
sies in the direction in which O'Brien
was Some ladies and an old woman
screamed and tainted, while the mob
tumbled pell-mell over the machinery,
smashing them one against the other In
savage fury, and amid cries of Kill the
traitors" Hang him." "Lansdowne
forever" O'Brien, however, was
safely led away by the officers and
reached the hotel in safety. Cahall was
knocked down and received two cuts
and more than score of other persons
were injured. The mob now seemed salts
fed. Treasurer Teefy. of the local
branch of the league, sent the following
telegram to the leaders in New York and
Chicago: "0Brien mobbed in the streets
of Toronto by Orangemen. j. M. Wall.
of the New York Tribune, seriously in
jured" O'Brien said to an Associated
Press reporter "Lansdowne has now
done his worst. His policemen haye alb
solutely surrendered us to the mob and
had we not taken refuge in a bicyc Gle shop
we would have been killed"